Tire-protector.



L. FABER. TIRE PROTECTOR. APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 19, 1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 119104 Bernardino, inthe countyfof San Ber.

. mais LINA'FABER, or'sAN BERNARDIN'O, CALIFORNIA.

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To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, .LINA FABER, a citizen of the United States, residing" atSan nardino and State'of lCalifornia, have invvented a new Aand useful Tire-Protector, of

Awhich the folloWin 'is a specification.

One of the objec s lof this invention is to o, provide a tire protector of simple construction thatmay be easily fitted over the tire,

and when so placed forms a-'protector 'or shoe for the tread and sides of the tire, preitself.

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venting puncture and Wear of the tire, but

in no manner interfering with the resiliency or cushioning qualities of the tire.

Another object' of this invention is to construct a tire protector in such a manner that undue heating of the tire, which is ordinarily caused by the frictionalcontact of the vtire with the'road, may be overcome and. thus lengthen the life of the tire.

Another. object 4of this invention .is to produce an article of vtheuclass described which maybe tted to various sizes of tires and when so fitted't'o vthe tire it Will -aiford a continuouswearing surface of tenacious material of greater durability than the tire Other advantages of this invention will appear as hereinafter described* Referring to the drawings z-Fignre 1- is a side view of a vehicle .wheel and tire fitted with my invention.' Fig. i?,l is a .cross section ,on the line :r2-:v2 Figrl. -Fig.3 isa cross section o n, the yline 4avai-java Fig. 1.l

Fig. 4,1s a plan viewof a portion of the protector. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectionalview of a ortion of the tire/withfthe tire protector t ereon.`.. Fig. l6 ,isla-y perspective view of the shoe coupl1ng. y-f ,J f 1 designates a vehicle j-.wheel having. a

` felly 2 and pneumatic or. o/therresilienttire 3'. A shoe4 preferably of leather lits over the tread of the tire and -extends' downwardly on each side'of the tire afsuiicient distance to protect the tire from wear by coming-into contact with-the roadway .and also to cover that art of the tire which is ordinarily exposed)v -to obstacles, .suchas tire. .1.

AIn -equippinga wheel with thejtie pronails, which'omiglit puncture, or damage the tector/'tlie shoe' is placed oven the tire and the )twoends of the shoe bi'onghttogether 'fand marked, yvhen they-maybe cut to the Specification of LettersPatent.

j Felt or other porous cushioning is used as above described to'prevent chafing desired length and fastened together by the coupling as shown at 45. This operation insures a snug fit of the shoe over the tire. The shoe is secured to the Wheel. by means of straps 6 which pass around the felly 2. and are buckled as shown at 7.' The straps are varranged in pairs, lthe straps of each pair lying 'closely against opposite sides. of the adjacent spoke vti of the Wheel, so that the shoe isheld firmly in position against creeping and has no relative movement with respect to thetire but 'becomes practically a unit therewith. The inner face ofgeach strap is covered .with a strip of felt or other similar material, the strips of felt, strap and shoe being securely fastened together by means of rivets. 10'. These strips Aof felt' act as a cushion-'between the'I` Straps and tire and prevent ehafingzvor abrading o'f the tire.

At .points intermediate #of the straps above described, strips or cleats 11 of leather and stripsoffelt 12,`or other padding ma'- terial, arev secured to the shoe 4 by rivets 13, the strips 11 of leather ,and felt 12 extending only the width of the shoe as shown in Patented Mar.. 15, 191.

l Application lined July 19, 1909. serial No. 508,526.

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Fig/'3. This construction holdsthe shoe at a distance from the'tread ofthe tire thus forming an insulation or air space 14C between the shoe and tire which allows air to come .into contact With the tire and keeps 4' the 'rubber or material of which it is composed .in a comparatively cool condition, which assists the tire to withstand wear.

aA point 'wherethe air valve 16 of the tire fastening strap 15 may also be' provided at v90 is situated and i'n-this case a ring 17 is provided in ,the strap l15 which encircles t-he air valve, the'free ends of the secured by a buckle 1,8.

The Vshoe 4 is preferably made of leather l Strap 15 lbeing "as heretofore described butto increase the wearing quality ofthe shoe U`-shaped wearing plates 19 as 'shown'may be driven into the surface of the shoe.` y i material or abrading of the `tireand to'. permit of a y circulation of air between'the shoe and the tire the felt on the inner. -face'of the strips 6 lis. 'covered a distance greater than ha f of'the ,circumference of the tirevso that the` strap is prevented from touching the tire even when the tire is in a defiated condition.

A tire protector, comprising a. shoe adapted to encircle a. tire, said shoe having e continuous tread portion, a. lurality of strips attached to the inner sur ace of seid shoe to forni air spaces betweensnid shoe and. tire, said strips having free endsextending laterally from seid shoe, means for securing seid free ends, a soft padding attached to the underside of seid strips, seid enddingextening o, distance greater than iiai of the oircnmferenoe of the tire, a. 1uiaiitj; oil strips etteehe 'tothe inner sur aoe of said shoe intermediate of seid ist named strips to form an spaces between seid tire and said shoe, a soft padding attached to the l inner surface of said latter strips, seid padding covering the inner surface of seid latter' strips :forming a cushion between seid strips and tire.

In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand at San Bernardino, California, this sixth day of Juy 1909., l

` LENA FABER.

:in presence of- JAMEB H. Born, Homme R. SCOTT. 

